The Daily Crossword

ACROSS

1 “High Voltage”

band

5 Sprang

10 Neaten (up)

14 Cry out loud

15 Lauder of makeup 16 Inkling

17 *”In my uninformed

opinion ... “

19 Russian dynast

20 Not prohibited

21 Biennial games gp. 22 Word with fall or fill 23 *Challenge to someone suspected of lying 27 Western defense

gp.

28 “__ queen!”: “Work

it!”

29 Nowhere to be

found

33 Member of the fam 35 Absorb with bread,

as gravy

39 Marvin Gaye classic, and a hint to the last words of the answers to the starred clues

43 Long-stemmed

mushroom

44 Director Lee

45 Like gloomy skies 46 Monarch’s reign,

e.g.

48 Cellist’s need

50 *Become a better

person, say 58 __ jockey

59 Satisfied sigh

60 “You win”

61 On the ocean

62 *Thoroughly refute 65 Entry point

66 More loyal

67 Black-eyed __

68 Celebrity chef

Burrell

69 Twilled fabric

70 Eyelid bump

DOWN

1 “Where there’s __

... “

2 Typical Stan Lee

role

3 Wild dog of

Australia

4 Dagger’s partner

5 Supervillain Luthor 6 Second sight, for

short

7 Dined at home

8 1990s presidential

candidate

9 Easy to set off

10 “Grease,” for one 11 “My take is ... “

12 “Reading in the Dark” Booker Prize nominee Seamus 13 Three feet

18 Baby-voiced red

Muppet

24 Lack

of difficulty

25 “__ just me ... ?” 26 Sunup direction 29

Elastic bandage

brand

30 Looking sickly 31 Artist Yoko

32 “Whatever!”

34 Barnyard bleat 36 Part of wpm

37 Can. neighbor 38 Future analyst’s

maj.

40 Lass

41 Elena Delle

Donne’s org.

42 Aviation pioneer

Sikorsky

47 Moves with the

times

49 Forsaken child 50 American

buffalo

51 Apply to

52 Spy-fi great John le

__

53 Go time, in military

slang

54 Applauds

55 Apartment window

sign

56 Op-ed piece, e.g. 57 Witherspoon of

“Wild”

58 Tot’s first word,

maybe

63 Act like a couch

potato, with “out” 64 Poetic “before”